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Attorneys general meet to discuss federal carbon tax appeal
The attorneys general of Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick met Tuesday morning in Saskatoon to discuss a Supreme Court of Canada challenge of the federal carbon tax.Saskatchewan's attor...
Jul 30, 2019 Alberta's Doug Schweitzer (l to r), New Brunswick's Andrea Anderson-Mason, Saskatchewan's Don Morgan and Ontario's Doug Downey address the media after meeting about the federal carbon tax on July 30, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Montana searchers find body of missing Oregon child
MEDFORD, Ore. - The body of a missing Oregon boy whose parents died in an apparent murder-suicide is believed to have been found in a remote area of Montana, police said. Police in Medford, Oregon, sa...
Jul 30, 2019
Minnesota Wild fire GM Paul Fenton after 1 season
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Less than 15 months after hiring Paul Fenton as general manager, Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold changed his mind. Still confident he has a contending team, Leipold decided to fir...
Jul 30, 2019
Blue Jays trade right-hander Marcus Stroman to Mets for two pitching prospects
TORONTO - The StroShow is heading home. The rebuilding Toronto Blue Jays have traded top starter Marcus Stroman to the New York Mets for a pair of pitching prospects. The Blue Jays confirmed the ...
Jul 30, 2019
Man in custody after police find four bodies inside Markham, Ont., home
MARKHAM, Ont. - A man is in custody after police found four bodies inside a home north of Toronto on Sunday afternoon, officers announced as they combed the house for evidence and reassured neighbours...
Jul 30, 2019
'Fearsome-looking animal' discovered at Burgess Shale in B.C. national park
Researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto have uncovered fossils of a large predatory species in 506 million-year-old rocks in the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia. The spe...
Jul 30, 2019
Producer of 1969's Woodstock calls it a lesson in community
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - A producer of the 1969 Woodstock festival says he's come to appreciate how a community can be born of difficulty. Joel Rosenman said Tuesday he was so immersed in pulling off t...
Jul 30, 2019
Trump 'rodent' tweets ring true at Kushner-owned apartments
BALTIMORE - Davon Jones doesn't have to look far to see the irony in President Donald Trump's tweets that Baltimore is a "rat and rodent infested mess." His apartment owned by thepresident's son-in-la...
Jul 30, 2019
St. Walburg Wild Blueberry Festival promises plenty of fun for the family
The annual St. Walburg Wild Blueberry Festival coming up will be the place to be for anyone in the mood for some fun and something tasty.This year marks the 31st anniversary of the popular attraction ...
Jul 30, 2019 The annual St. Walburg Wild Blueberry Festival is coming up soon. (Facebook/St. Walburg Wild Blueberry Festival)
Attorney: Man is a scapegoat in deadly California fire
OAKLAND, Calif. - The attorney for one of two men on trial in connection with a fire that killed 36 people at a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse two years ago told the jury in closing arguments Tuesda...
Jul 30, 2019